Since last week, I threw away all sweets and branded my husband and daughter that I would never eat sweets again, the follow-up situation is as follows:
Since last week, I threw away all sweets and branded my husband and daughter that I would never eat sweets again, the follow-up situation is as follows:
Sir?
I haven't touched any sugar or even fruit since my emotional outburst that morning (eating fruit is not a bad thing, but he can eat a big bag of super sweet cherries at a time, isn't that too much? ）。 He took a very long afternoon nap that day, then went back to sleep after dinner, and didn't want to talk much. The next day, his mood was better than the first day, but he was still a little cold to his daughter when he first got up, and he looked tired all day. On the third day, when I got up in the morning, my mood was obviously better, and my father, who was gentle and considerate to his daughter, was still humming when he was busy camping in the car! Since abstaining from sugar for eleven days, his mood has become very stable. Even if he is tired for a few days in the middle, his mood is within the controllable range, and he will not be furious and crazy because of a little thing. Touch sugar and don't touch sugar, the difference is very obvious!
After this dramatic rage, he frankly admitted to me: "I found that sugar is my wine. After I became addicted, I felt very painful if I didn't eat it. 」。 It was difficult for him to stop touching sugar at first. Two days after he resumed eating sweets, his body would have a series of reactions: acne on his face, difficult wound healing, dental plaque and numbness in his toes. By his own admission, not eating sugar really made his mood more stable, and dental plaque began to fall and acne disappeared. It is also because of this experience that I found that "sugar" is really his drug. I used to see him hesitate to break the precepts, thinking that it should be okay to eat a little, so I encouraged him to eat it, but now I find that he is untouchable! For the happiness of our family, I decided to keep an eye on him and stop touching sugar!
Daughter:
My daughter, who seldom eats sweets in Taiwan Province, came to the United States and had a sweet adventure! That morning, my father gave me a bad meal for no reason, and now my mother has decided not to let her eat sweets and vitamin fudge. I explained to her, "It's not because you did something wrong that you can't eat sugar. It's mom's fault. I shouldn't let you eat it. You see, after eating so much polysaccharide, your temper has become so bad. I don't want you to become like this!" 」。 The daughter who has just been scared to cry by her father (who seldom kills her) witnessed the power of sugar bloody. She accepted her mother's decision very obediently without any resistance (just like if her father drinks too much, his son usually swears not to touch alcohol in this life). In the next two days, she asked a little if she could eat vitamin fudge. I said without emotion, "No, I can't eat it. I explained it to you. ",she never asked again. Interestingly, the next day, my daughter turned back into a polite little angel, saying "Thank you Ma Ma" and "Thank you for pulling out". I haven't heard her say that for months. Why did you suddenly find your conscience?
However, I was so stupid and naive that I said I wouldn't give any sweets, but I gave my daughter a box of sugar-free yogurt on the sixth day (I haven't found any sugar-free yogurt in America so far, and these sugar-free yogurt are so sweet that I'm bored to death. A box of yogurt contains 17 grams of sugar, and my daughter loves it! ）。
that morning, we drove to Apache Trail, Arizona. My daughter didn't eat sweets for several days, and she ate the "lemon flavor yogurt" I gave her in the car. Halfway through, we arrived at a scenic spot in an abandoned mining town. My daughter went into a souvenir shop and found two glowing frogs and dinosaurs, clamoring to buy them. I said, "You bought an expensive big shark yesterday. Do you remember Ma Ma said that you can't buy anything for the next week? ",the usual daughter will give a little explanation, but as long as I insist on not buying, she will never bother again. But today is different. As soon as she heard it, she couldn't buy it. She immediately paced the floor with her feet and kept repeating loudly: "I want to buy it!" ",and then very abnormal began to cry (I want to emphasize" very abnormal ",because normal she is very reasonable, almost never cry like this).
after that, even if I gave in (for example, I could only buy one), she still clamored for both! No matter how I squatted down to explain to her, she wouldn't listen. She cried from the store to the outside, and the whole ghost town was full of her crying! I tried everything to calm her down! I carried her struggling all the way back to the car, and she cried and made a scene, saying not to go, and then saying to go. She didn't listen to me at all. I was so impatient that I had to yell at her with all my strength: "You've had enough!" What the hell are you crying about? 」。 My daughter suddenly quieted down when she heard my roar, as if a bell had been rung. After getting on the steam seat, the car was shaking and breathing, and she fell asleep at eleven o'clock in the morning. Mr. Wang shook his head and said, "Sugar! It's the sugar! I also suspect that my daughter's exaggerated crying is because she ate sugar.
two hours later, she opened her eyes and smiled sweetly at me. I asked her, "Do you know what happened to you this morning? ",she shook her head and said she didn't remember. I said, "You cried all the way to buy two toys, don't you remember?" After listening to me, she remembered the frog and dinosaur, but she didn't remember crying at all! This is really wonderful! It's like being drunk to unconsciousness the night before, but the next day I don't remember what happened yesterday at all, or even how I got home. She cried for at least half an hour, and now she doesn't remember anything? What a strange thing!
since the gentleman who has a good knowledge of sugar judges that everything is because of sugar, I naturally dare not touch any more sugar for my daughter. The next day, we went to the natural science museum, and my daughter ran into the souvenir shop to open it. I shook my head at the door and said, "No shopping!" When you were crazy yesterday, did Mama tell you not to visit the small junk shop again! ",my daughter listened and immediately came out without a complaint. In the next few days, we took out what happened that day as a joke. Every time my daughter listened to and laughed, she still remembered the two frogs and dinosaurs, but she still didn't remember crying. I asked her, "Why did you have to have those two toys at that time? She couldn't answer, and even said that the frog's light was broken. I asked her, "Then why don't you want those two toys now? "She said," Because I have another crocodile that can shine! 」。 You see, is she rational enough now? This is the normal her!
What's even more unexpected is that today, when we went to the vitamin store to buy things, we thought that our daughter would think of fudge and clamored for it. However, our daughter who stopped eating candy passed by the shelves of children's vitamin fudge, only glancing at it and then turned away. When I got home, I asked her why she didn't clamor for fudge. She said, "Because I don't think fudge is that delicious! ",now makes me feel that I am really a successful mother!
The daughter who gave up sugar for eleven days has returned to being the same little gourmet as before: warm goat milk, sweet, boiled asparagus, delicious, salmon and vegetable porridge, and rice cakes sprinkled with salt are her favorite snacks. Without sugar to make trouble, her taste buds become simple again. She likes to eat the dishes cooked by her parents and lacks interest in the over-seasoned restaurant food. She will no longer clamor for "just eat fudge, not breakfast", but always shout: "Ma Ma, I want a cup of hot goat's milk! 」！
before, I never knew that sugar could have such a great influence! I always think that it doesn't matter if I eat a little. Anyway, I don't eat it often. Just don't eat too much. After coming to the United States, I realized that the influence of sugar is so great! Seeing that there is a big difference between sugar and sugar in my daughter, I can't help but think of those crazy crying children. Are they also eating sugar? However, there is one thing I can't figure out: if I keep eating sugar, my daughter won't cry so much, but why can't I control my behavior after giving up sugar for a few days? My husband is in the same situation) ?
however, I'm sure: for people who are extremely fond of sugar, "sugar" is not a problem of eating more and eating less, but a problem that they can't stop eating! In particular, children love to eat sugar, and if they eat one, they will have to eat another. If adults don't step on the brakes, they will eventually become a bottomless pit. Every meal needs sugar, and if it is not sweet, they will not eat it. To make matters worse, many adults are afraid that their children will be hungry, and they also provide snacks outside meals. Almost all processed foods contain a lot of sugar (ketchup, jam, sweet cream, salad dressing, biscuits, fermented drinks, pudding, yogurt, flavored milk, ice cream, soda, etc.). If children who are still building up their taste memory continue to eat sugar and processed food, such eating experience will affect their appetite for life, and finally, like my husband, they will ruin their health and have to go through a very painful process for themselves and their families to quit (so I am grateful that my mother wouldn't let us eat sugar when I was a child, and when I was a child, I could only open the refrigerator and steal the sugar cubes for making coffee).
I'm not a doctor, and I didn't read the medical report (my husband will read it himself). I just recorded these changes from a purely bystander's point of view. Sugar addiction is really terrible, and just like giving up drugs, alcohol and tobacco, it is very difficult to give up addiction! Once you are addicted, you must take it all the time, otherwise you will have withdrawal symptoms (such as my husband's emotional outburst and daughter's crazy crying), but if you keep eating, and eat a lot of sugar, you will eventually kill people slowly, and this slow killing process will not be detected without vigilance.
I really like Jamie Oliver's speech at TED Talks: Teach every child about food (subtitles in traditional Chinese can be selected at the bottom right). I recommend every parent to watch it and re-examine the diet of the whole family.
have we given our children too much sugar?
* For the complete story of abstinence from sugar, please see Miss Jaguar's new book "We are taking an adventure: a camping car trip to start a new parent-child relationship"
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This article is the author's opinion of YEATION, and does not represent his position.